Perambur railway station

Second oldest railway station in the city after Royapuram railway station. The station was built in the 1860s to cater to employees at Southern Railway’s locomotive, carriage, wagon, and coach-building workshops. The station is the fifth largest station in Chennai, after Chennai Central, Egmore, Tambaram, and Mambalam in terms of commuter traffic. Southern Railway’s workshop is located here. This workshop was established in the year 1856 to serve the erstwhile Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company.